Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum

Skater

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Based on Olympic Gold Medalist Peggy Fleming.

Date: 1970

Material: Bronze

Dimension: 50 x 22 x 28

Location: Garden

Visual Description: Skater 1970 Bronze A 3 feet tall woman, balanced on her right foot, skating on a thin sheet of bronze incised with curved grooves representing the marks of skate blades. From the waist up her torso is twisted sharply to the right, with both arms swinging to the right. Her head, lower body and legs are all facing forward. Her buttocks and thighs are muscular.